American Locomotives: A Pictorial Record of Steam Power, 1900-1950
by ALEXANDER, Edwin P
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0517014238
- ISBN 13
- 9780517014233
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Bonanza Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. [c.1970s-80s]. Hardcover. 0517014238 . A reprint edition of a work first published in 1950 by W. W. Norton & Company. The history of 20th Century American steam locomotives is detailed in this work. Each power unit profiled includes at least one black & white photo, description, specifications and a schematic drawing. --- In brown paper-covered boards backed in gold cloth, with dark red spine titling. Possibly published c.1970s-1980s. Jacket with representative black & white photos of these locomotives to front and back panels. --- A well-preserved copy: clean and unmarked. Jacket with small tears & chips along edges, else bright, intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; Small Quarto - 9 to 11 in. tall; 256 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 86142
- Title
- American Locomotives: A Pictorial Record of Steam Power, 1900-1950
- Author
- ALEXANDER, Edwin P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0517014238
- ISBN 13
- 9780517014233
- Publisher
- Bonanza Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1970s-80s]
- Keywords
- 0517014238
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